--- title: "CVE-2006-4226\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-4226?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-4226 Publication date 18 August 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description MySQL before 4.1.21, 5.0 before 5.0.25, and 5.1 before 5.1.12, when run on case-sensitive filesystems, allows remote authenticated users to create or access a database when the database name differs only in case from a database for which they have permissions. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | mysql-dfsg | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected | | mysql-dfsg-5.0 | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 5.0.38-0ubuntu1 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 5.0.24a-9ubuntu0.1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.3 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4226) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4226) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-4226) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4226) ### Other references *